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No. 448.403. Patented Mar. 1'7, 18911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHAUNOEY II. ADAMS, OF MONTREAL, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO THOMAS TRIMBLE, OF SAME PLACE.

BALLOT-PAPER OR VO'l'lNG-I-TICKET SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 448,403, dated March 17, 1891. Application filed December 8,1890. Serial No. 373,967. (No model.)

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Be ity known that I, GHAUNCEY KINGA ADAMS, of the city of Montreal, in the district of Montreal and Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented a certain new and useful Improved Ballot-Paper or V oting-Ticket and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention hasforits object to produce a combined voting-paper and certificate of qualification of the voter in which the secrecy of the ballotshall be inviolably preserved and any chance of identification of any vote be absolutely prevented. I propose to effect this by turning the sheet on which the names of candidates for election are printed over on a line midway between the top and a line of perforations extending across such sheet, the space below this perforated line being` reserved for any certificate as to name, residence, dac., of the voter. The paper is then folded in the manner of a circular, being` turned in, and is secured by a gummed corner, so as to prevent its being,v unfolded withont such unfolding' being' discovered. lVhcn the ticket is presented to the proper ofiicer, thc certificate is, before the paper is opened by him, torn off without interfering` with the body of the paper, thus entirely severing all connection between the voter and his vote, and rendering it impossible to know the nature of the vote cast, leaving the certificate as a check on the ballot.

For full comprehension of the invention reference must be had to the annexed drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a view of the ballet-paper open; Fig. 2, a view of the same when first folded .of fold, and C the line of perforations separating the ballot-paper from the certicatc strip D, on which may be printed any data as to the voters status or qualification.

It will be observed that it is entirely opf tional whether the certificate shall be printed simply on one face of the paper when folded up or on both front and back. When folded up, the gumnied corner E affords means by which the ballot-paper proper is completely closed.

The size of the ballot-paperA is immaterial, as it is equally useful in cases where one of two candidates is to be chosenA or a whole ticket voted upon.

That I claim is as follows:

l. In a ballot-paper or voting-ticket, the combination of the sheet proper for candidates7 names folded over, means for closing,` same, and a detachable visible certificate forming part of said sheet, all as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, in a ballot-paper or voting-ticket, of the ballot-paper proper A, with fold at B, line of perforations C, certificate-strip D, and gummed corner E, all arranged and operated as herein set forth.

Montreal, November 3, 1890.

O. II. ADAMS.

In presence'ofw WILL. P. McFnAT, FRED. J. SEARS. 

